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Rachel Field

Rachel Lyman Field (September 19, 1894 – March 15, 1942) was an American novelist, poet, and children's fiction writer. She is best known for the Newbery Award–winning Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. Field also won a National Book Award, Newbery Honor award and two of her books are on the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list. In May 2021, a complete biography of Rachel Field's life, written by author Robin Clifford Wood , will be published by She Writes Press.

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American novelist, poet, and children's author (1894–1942)

Born 19 September 1894
Died 15 March 1942

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  • Cover of: Prayer for a child
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    Cover of edition prayerforchild00fiel First published in 1944 — 23 editions
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  • Cover of: Hitty, her first hundred years
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  • Cover of: All this and heaven too
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    First published in 1942 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: To see ourselves

    First published in 1937 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Rachel Field story book.
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    First published in 1958 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Taxis and toadstools
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    First published in 1926 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: American Folk and Fairy Tales
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    First published in 1929 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: If once you have slept on an island
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    First published in 1993 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The pointed people: verses and silhouettes by Rachel Field.

    First published in 1924 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1935 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1957 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The cross-stitch heart: and other plays ...

    First published in 1927 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: God's pocket: the story of Captain Samuel Hadlock, junior, of Cranberry isles, Maine, by Rachel Field...

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American novelist, poet, and children's author (1894–1942)

Born 19 September 1894
Died 15 March 1942

Subjects

Juvenile fiction, Fiction, American poetry, Children's poetry, American, Children's poetry, One-act plays, American, Poetry, Children's fiction, Christmas stories, Dogs, Drama, Girls, History, Juvenile poetry, Animals, Children's plays, City and town life, Description and travel, Families, Folklore, Girls, fiction, Islands, Juvenile literature, One-act plays, Stories in rhyme

Places

United States, America, Europe, France, London (England), Maine, Many, Massachusetts, Nantucket, Nantucket (Mass.), New York, Paris, Paris (France)

People

Henriette Deluxy-Desportes Field (d. 1875), Henriette Desportes Field (1813-1875), Henriette Field (1875-), Jane Grey Lady (1537-1554), Samuel Hadlock (b. 1792), girls

Time

1920's, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Geschichte 1743, later l800's

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Alternative names

  • Rachel FIELD
  • Rachel Lyman Field

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March 21, 2022 Edited by JeneeWhitney merge authors
December 14, 2021 Edited by tmanarl bio
December 14, 2021 Edited by tmanarl Added new photo
December 14, 2021 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import